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Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
Thu May 30, 2013, 03:44 PM May 2013

Rodman was not first pick for North Korea trip

More: http://news.yahoo.com/hbos-vice-crew-surprised-north-korean-leader-183943215.html

NEW YORK (AP) — The documentary crew that accompanied Dennis Rodman to North Korea over the winter says it had no idea it would meet the reclusive country's young leader, Kim Jong Un, until he showed up at a basketball game it was filming.
The media company VICE arranged the trip and invited Rodman after its first choice, Michael Jordan, expressed no interest. A 30-minute documentary on the unexpected piece of basketball diplomacy will air on June 14 on HBO as the final episode of VICE's first season, and was previewed for some reporters on Wednesday.
The North Korean leader loves basketball so much that he overlooked the government's antipathy for VICE founder Shane Smith, who had made two critical documentaries on North Korea, and invited the crew in. Smith wasn't allowed back but VICE's Ryan Duffy accompanied Rodman and three members of the Harlem Globetrotters traveling basketball troupe.
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Rodman was not first pick for North Korea trip (Original Post) Jamaal510 May 2013 OP
There's no Nike or Fruit of the Loom sweatshops in NK. Mika May 2013 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #2
Their first choice was Jordan? Blue_Tires May 2013 #3
 

Mika

(17,751 posts)
1. There's no Nike or Fruit of the Loom sweatshops in NK.
Thu May 30, 2013, 04:22 PM
May 2013

Why would MJ go if there's not mega millions in it for him?

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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
3. Their first choice was Jordan?
Thu May 30, 2013, 04:50 PM
May 2013

That's like me saying my "first choice" for a date tonight is Serena Williams...

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